Gordon Slade
[edit] Biography
Gordon Slade (Gordon Leigh Slade) was born on October 9, 1904 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He made his Major League debut on April 21, 1930 for the Brooklyn Robins. In 1931, his rookie year, he hit .239 with 1 home run and 29 RBI. Slade played for the Brooklyn Robins, Brooklyn Dodgers, St. Louis Cardinals and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 6 year career.
Most people believe that Gordon Slade's best season was 1934, when he hit for a .285 average and knocked in 52 runs.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1930
| BRO
| N
| 25
| 37
| 8
| 8
| 1
| 2
| .216
| .275
| .351
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1931
| BRO
| N
| 85
| 272
| 27
| 65
| 1
| 29
| .239
| .310
| .313
| 13
| 2
| 23
| 28
| 5
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
|
| 1932
| BRO
| N
| 79
| 250
| 23
| 60
| 1
| 23
| .240
| .280
| .320
| 15
| 1
| 11
| 26
| 3
| 5
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1933
| STL
| N
| 39
| 62
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 3
| .113
| .191
| .129
| 1
| 0
| 6
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 138
| 555
| 61
| 158
| 4
| 52
| .285
| .320
| .369
| 19
| 8
| 25
| 34
| 4
| 15
| 6
| 0
| 11
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 71
| 196
| 22
| 55
| 1
| 14
| .281
| .341
| .347
| 10
| 0
| 16
| 16
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| Total
|
|
| 437
| 1372
| 147
| 353
| 8
| 123
| .257
| .307
| .335
| 60
| 11
| 84
| 116
| 14
| 34
| 12
| 0
| 19
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1930
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 22
| 53
| 5
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .938
|
| 1931
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 82
| 0
| 0
| 173
| 274
| 25
| 54
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .947
|
| 1931
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 1932
| BRO
| N
| SS
| 55
| 0
| 0
| 101
| 148
| 15
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .943
|
| 1932
| BRO
| N
| 3B
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 53
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .973
|
| 1933
| STL
| N
| 2B
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1933
| STL
| N
| SS
| 31
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 61
| 6
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .941
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 102
| 128
| 2
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .991
|
| 1934
| CIN
| N
| SS
| 97
| 0
| 0
| 200
| 315
| 26
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .952
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| SS
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 53
| 74
| 10
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .927
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 3B
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1935
| CIN
| N
| 2B
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 23
| 35
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .983
|
| Total
|
|
| 3B
| 32
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 61
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .965
|
| Total
|
|
| OF
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| 2B
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 125
| 163
| 3
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .990
|
| Total
|
|
| SS
| 316
| 0
| 0
| 583
| 925
| 87
| 182
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .945
|
[edit] Transactions
- Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Dazzy Vance to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jake Flowers and Ownie Carroll (February 8, 1933).
- Claimed on waivers by Cincinnati Reds from St. Louis Cardinals (November 23, 1933).
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